New York State Disability Services Council

Spring 2025 Conference Agenda (Draft)

Registration is open!
Early bird registration March 14th to May 2nd, 2025
Registration closes May 23rd, 2025

Pre-conference:

Monday, June 2nd, 2025

Registration: Starts 11:30am - Paradise Bay Landing

Pre-conference session 1: 12p to 5p

Mental Health First Aid for Adults, Certification

Instructor: Tanya Hoistion
Room: Lakeshore B

This session is fee and limited to 30 attendees and will be on a first come first registered basis. 
This will be a five hour session. On completion, participants will be certified mental health first aiders for adults. 

Pre-conference Session 2: 1p to 5p 

New Provider Training

Instructors: Don Pool, Kristin Harte, Debbie Dimitrovski
Room: Lakeshore A

This session will be a “mini boot camp” for new professionals; covering the topics that are most useful and helpful to people new to disability-related work in higher education.

Conference:

Registration: 8:00am 

Breakfast: 8:00 - 9am - Paradise Bay Ballroom

Day 1: Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Time	Room	Presentation
9:00 - 9:10am	Paradise Bay Ballroom	President's address
9:10 - 10:20am	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Business Meeting
10:20 - 10:30am		Break
10:30 - 12:00p	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Mark Greenfield, Keynote Address
12:00 - 1:00p	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00p	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Mark Greenfield, continued session
2:00 - 2:10p		Break
2:10 - 3p	Lakeshore A - Concurrent Session 1a	Audio Recording, AI, and the Political Climate: Technology-Assisted Notetaking in 2025
2:10 - 3p	Lakeshore B - Concurrent Session 1b	Jobs for Juniors: Employment Readiness Program
2:10 - 3p	Lakeshore C - Concurrent Session 1c	From Policy to Practice: ADA Title II Changes for Campus Communities
3:10 - 4p	Lakeshore B - Concurrent Session 2a	CVI in Higher Education: Recognition, Access, and Advocacy
3:10 - 4p	Lakeshore C - Concurrent Session 2b	Understanding the data in a Psychoeducational evaluation
4:10 - 5p	Lakeshore B	SUNY Sector Meeting
4:10 - 5p	Lakeshore C	CUNY Sector Meeting
4:10 - 5p	Lakeshore D	Independent Sector Meeting

Day 2: Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Registration: 8:00am 

This is the vendor display day. Please make time to visit the vendors in the Silver Bay Ballroom from 10am to 5p

Time	Room	Presentation
8:00 - 9am	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Breakfast with committees, 2H2 Reporting update Student Empowerment Day - the work ahead.
9:00 - 10:15am	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Strategic Planning meeting
10:30 - 12:00pm	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Game On!
12:00 - 1:30p	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Lunch
12:30 - 1:30p	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Award ceremony
1:30 - 2:00p	Silver Bay Ballroom	Vendor Visit
2:00 - 2:50p	Lakeshore A - Concurrent Session 3a	Leveraging Data, Research, and Campus Information to Build Relationships and Get What You Need
2:00 - 2:50p	Lakeshore B - Concurrent Session 3b	Auditing your campus for Accessibility
2:00 - 2:50p	Lakeshore C - Concurrent Session 3c	Music, Clocks, and More!
3:00 - 3:50p	Lakeshore A - Concurrent Session 4a	Breaking Barriers in Learning: The Role of Human-Sounding Text-to-Speech
3:00 - 3:50p	Lakeshore B - Concurrent Session 4b	Strategies for working with students who have ADHD
3:00 - 3:50p	Lakeshore C - Concurrent Session 4c	A Spoken Word
3:50 - 4:40p	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Disability at Bard: Building an inclusive community
5:00 - 7:00p	Silver Bay Ballroom	Wine/Beer and Charcuterie  Reception

Day 3: Thursday, June 5, 2025

Time	Room	Presentation
8:00 - 9:30am	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Breakfast and I have a student who...
9:40 - 10:30am	Lakeshore A - Concurrent Session 5a	Sensus Access
9:40 - 10:30am	Lakeshore B - Concurrent Session 5b	Hidden in Plain Sight: Shifting mindsets
9:40 - 10:30am	Lakeshore C: Concurrent Session 5c	No Disability Cultural Center? No Problem! How to do Disability Cultural Programming on Your Campus!
10:40 - 11:30am	Lakeshore B: Concurrent Session 6a	Transforming Testing: Enhancing Inclusivity and Student Success
10:30 - 11:30am	Lakeshore C: Concurrent Session 6b	TBD
11:30 - 12:30p	Paradise Bay Ballroom	TBD
12:30p	Paradise Bay Ballroom	Wrap up & Box lunch